ZERO Fans: Fully Passive Case is the Heatsink Streacom SG10
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Date: 2023-05-31
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EccentriCat
Huh. I'm not sure how my VRM will enjoy no air moving around it at all. I mean, it has a nice heatsink, but air is good.
My Noctua fans are nearly silent, and for some reason, my off-brand 3080 never ramps up it's fans to more than 900 RPM, so I'm in a situation where even at load, my fans are being drowned out by street and parking lot noise completely.
Maybe I'd be more interested in a fully passive cooling system if I didn't live right off a main street with a 45 MPH speed limit that is sometimes followed, usually only by semis.
Interesting tech, though. I'd already caught der8auer video on his German made radiator case, and it seemed like the technology wasn't quite ready.
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Huh. I'm not sure how my VRM will enjoy no air moving around it at all. I mean, it has a nice heatsink, but air is good.
My Noctua fans are nearly silent, and for some reason, my off-brand 3080 never ramps up it's fans to more than 900 RPM, so I'm in a situation where even at load, my fans are being drowned out by street and parking lot noise completely.
Maybe I'd be more interested in a fully passive cooling system if I didn't live right off a main street with a 45 MPH speed limit that is sometimes followed, usually only by semis.
Interesting tech, though. I'd already caught der8auer video on his German made radiator case, and it seemed like the technology wasn't quite ready.
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NightWolfx03
I'm not very happy with (or a fan of) most passive cases, the ones in the past offered no active airflow for the voltage regulators, chipset, and other components that probably expect at least some cooling, and having to have the user rig all of that with add on stuff is going to be a pain in the butt, assuming it fit's most boards, else I suspect there is going to be a lot of hot spots. Some things need at least a small amount of air movement otherwise you end up with hot stale air and while it may not be fatal to the hardware, it can affect longevity. This also is not a very new idea, Zalman already tried it and had a fanless PSU in it to boot.
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I'm not very happy with (or a fan of) most passive cases, the ones in the past offered no active airflow for the voltage regulators, chipset, and other components that probably expect at least some cooling, and having to have the user rig all of that with add on stuff is going to be a pain in the butt, assuming it fit's most boards, else I suspect there is going to be a lot of hot spots. Some things need at least a small amount of air movement otherwise you end up with hot stale air and while it may not be fatal to the hardware, it can affect longevity. This also is not a very new idea, Zalman already tried it and had a fanless PSU in it to boot.
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Steven
Those VUs are pretty interesting - if they're being intellectually honest about it targetting the tinkerous among us, then hopefully they'll have a fairly open/accessible interface; no point selling the things if you can only use them with a completely proprietary Windows program.
Hook it up to an SBC and have a more interesting output for temp/humidity/light sensors etc than just the usual TFT/OLED squares (or be boooorrrriiiiing and have it flick about depending on your CPUs average frequency so you can see when it's boosting frequency etc)
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Those VUs are pretty interesting - if they're being intellectually honest about it targetting the tinkerous among us, then hopefully they'll have a fairly open/accessible interface; no point selling the things if you can only use them with a completely proprietary Windows program.
Hook it up to an SBC and have a more interesting output for temp/humidity/light sensors etc than just the usual TFT/OLED squares (or be boooorrrriiiiing and have it flick about depending on your CPUs average frequency so you can see when it's boosting frequency etc)
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Luke
Every day GN is covering something even more interesting from the one before.
Absolutely love the work! I ll be honest, it s gonna be tough going back to the regular upload schedule that isn t a video everyday .
I never knew a case like this was possible, super impressive how it all works. Very much looking forward to the day you guys dive into a deeper analysis, break down, and review, of the SG10
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Every day GN is covering something even more interesting from the one before.
Absolutely love the work! I ll be honest, it s gonna be tough going back to the regular upload schedule that isn t a video everyday .
I never knew a case like this was possible, super impressive how it all works. Very much looking forward to the day you guys dive into a deeper analysis, break down, and review, of the SG10
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blufireice
Actually like the gauges, I am involved in motorsports and those gauges almost look like a square version of old-school autometer white face gauges, metal trim, white face, black font, orange needle, and look to be done well and not the over done fake crap. Would 100% consider a few of these to be desk mounted under my monitor like a gauge cluster for things like GPH flow rate, CPU/GPU temps etc.
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Actually like the gauges, I am involved in motorsports and those gauges almost look like a square version of old-school autometer white face gauges, metal trim, white face, black font, orange needle, and look to be done well and not the over done fake crap. Would 100% consider a few of these to be desk mounted under my monitor like a gauge cluster for things like GPH flow rate, CPU/GPU temps etc.
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Peanut
Some cool stuff. I've liked the look of several Streacom products over the years, but simply out of my price range (for entire secondary systems, not simply Streacom's stuff).
I do wonder how much crunching and twanging occurs with that passive case as it goes through heat cycles. Would suck if a passive case had the silence destroyed by physics lashing out at being manipulated like that :D
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Some cool stuff. I've liked the look of several Streacom products over the years, but simply out of my price range (for entire secondary systems, not simply Streacom's stuff).
I do wonder how much crunching and twanging occurs with that passive case as it goes through heat cycles. Would suck if a passive case had the silence destroyed by physics lashing out at being manipulated like that :D
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Antonio
I just bought a car (5 years ago - still going) for 3000. it has more metal that this...
edit: there is a very small Chinese electric truck that goes for 2000 ( 3000 with options and delivered ( ) ) - I think it might have plastics but also more metal than this...
( ) I saw I YT video on it, here: sgDpqd38HtQ
edit 2: I can't even find cheap cases - I build(ing) my own.
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I just bought a car (5 years ago - still going) for 3000. it has more metal that this...
edit: there is a very small Chinese electric truck that goes for 2000 ( 3000 with options and delivered ( ) ) - I think it might have plastics but also more metal than this...
( ) I saw I YT video on it, here: sgDpqd38HtQ
edit 2: I can't even find cheap cases - I build(ing) my own.
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statikreg
It's an awesome concept and I would love to have access to more modular versions of that cooling tech, if its feasible to bring to market. 1000 might be a bit steep for the current package, though, since it's hard to predict how long its cooling capacity can keep up with thermal trends. It's certainly not a value proposition I would risk vs active air or even liquid cooling.
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It's an awesome concept and I would love to have access to more modular versions of that cooling tech, if its feasible to bring to market. 1000 might be a bit steep for the current package, though, since it's hard to predict how long its cooling capacity can keep up with thermal trends. It's certainly not a value proposition I would risk vs active air or even liquid cooling.
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Earth
The weaving on the passively cooled case reminds me of the rear of a fridge lol and I'm guessing they are using the same concept as many fridges do not use a coolant pump either therefore completely passive. I'm quite interested in that PSU as a product as overtime the bearings on PSU fans will go if zero RPM mode is not used. I'm also curious about the purpose of the mini-pcb.
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The weaving on the passively cooled case reminds me of the rear of a fridge lol and I'm guessing they are using the same concept as many fridges do not use a coolant pump either therefore completely passive. I'm quite interested in that PSU as a product as overtime the bearings on PSU fans will go if zero RPM mode is not used. I'm also curious about the purpose of the mini-pcb.
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Adam's
Seen this design before with a powerless cooler. Cool idea but realistically if you really want a dead quiet PC it will be for low power stuff like watching movies not really gaming. Might as well use a low powered ARM device for movies or whatever. For gaming an AIO is quiet enough. Or if noise really bothers you just put the PC in another room. (probably cheaper).
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Seen this design before with a powerless cooler. Cool idea but realistically if you really want a dead quiet PC it will be for low power stuff like watching movies not really gaming. Might as well use a low powered ARM device for movies or whatever. For gaming an AIO is quiet enough. Or if noise really bothers you just put the PC in another room. (probably cheaper).
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Donovan
I have a 12900k and a 3090 in a lian li 011 dynamic with a 360AIO and 12 120mm fans. I love my computer but damn, when I game for a few hours straight my PC acts like a space heater. In the winter it works out well but during the summer heat it's a pain. It also sounds like it's getting ready for takeoff when I play a game that stresses the cpu.
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I have a 12900k and a 3090 in a lian li 011 dynamic with a 360AIO and 12 120mm fans. I love my computer but damn, when I game for a few hours straight my PC acts like a space heater. In the winter it works out well but during the summer heat it's a pain. It also sounds like it's getting ready for takeoff when I play a game that stresses the cpu.
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Khift
This actually seems incredibly slick for streamers -- the less noise in the ambient environment, the less aggressively the streamer has to tune the audio input settings. A loud PC with tons of fans screaming is a definite detriment for someone like that, especially if they're trying to use something super sensitive like an ASMR mic.
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This actually seems incredibly slick for streamers -- the less noise in the ambient environment, the less aggressively the streamer has to tune the audio input settings. A loud PC with tons of fans screaming is a definite detriment for someone like that, especially if they're trying to use something super sensitive like an ASMR mic.
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Martyn
The passive case is insanely impressive, and I'd love to see them work out ways to reduce cost and bring it down to a mid range consumer market, I'd buy it for 500
and the vu1 displays are absolutely beatiful, I'm super stoked to see these kinds of accessories hit the market
and user servicable fans in PSUs!!! yes!!!!!
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The passive case is insanely impressive, and I'd love to see them work out ways to reduce cost and bring it down to a mid range consumer market, I'd buy it for 500
and the vu1 displays are absolutely beatiful, I'm super stoked to see these kinds of accessories hit the market
and user servicable fans in PSUs!!! yes!!!!!
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aserta
Had a passive computer some years ago. The environment did not allow for any kind of fan. The tech was basic, thus large. Looked more like a transformer station than a PC, but it did work. I think top temp on CPU was 70C with a radiator block the size of a IBM server power supply from the 90's.
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Had a passive computer some years ago. The environment did not allow for any kind of fan. The tech was basic, thus large. Looked more like a transformer station than a PC, but it did work. I think top temp on CPU was 70C with a radiator block the size of a IBM server power supply from the 90's.
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